Shloka 97
Puṣkara Sacrifice: Gāyatrī’s Marriage, Sāvitrī’s Wrath, Rudra’s Test, and the Tīrtha-Māhātmya
रुद्रकोट्यां विरूपाक्षे मित्रस्यापि तथा वने । तीर्थेष्वेतेषु सर्वेषु सिद्धिर्या द्वादशाब्दिका
rudrakoṭyāṃ virūpākṣe mitrasyāpi tathā vane | tīrtheṣveteṣu sarveṣu siddhiryā dvādaśābdikā
రుద్రకోటీలో, విరూపాక్షంలో, అలాగే మిత్రుని వనంలోనూ—ఈ సమస్త తీర్థాలలో లభించే సిద్ధి ద్వాదశ సంవత్సరాల సాధనఫలముతో సమానం।
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 17).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मित्रस्यापि → मित्रस्य अपि; तीर्थेष्वेतेषु → तीर्थेषु एतेषु; सिद्धिर्या → सिद्धिः या.
FAQs
It lists multiple named pilgrimage locations—Rudrakoṭī, Virūpākṣa, and Mitra’s forest—showing how the Padma Purana maps holiness onto specific places and treats them as spiritually potent tīrthas.
It states that visiting these tīrthas yields a “siddhi” comparable to what one would gain through twelve years of sustained spiritual discipline, highlighting tīrtha-yātrā as a powerful religious practice.
The verse encourages prioritizing sincere, disciplined spiritual effort—here expressed through pilgrimage to sanctified places—by presenting it as an efficient means to significant religious attainment.